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Leiters Parent No. 64,543, dated ilfay 7, 1867.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, A. KoMP, of No. 184 Fulton street, in the city, county, and State of New York, have' invented a new and improved Spangling Machine; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, enabling those skilled in the a'rt to fully understand and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in whichl Figure 1 represents a sectional side elevation of this invention.

Figure 2 is a front view et' the same.

Figure 3 is a plan or top View of the same.

Similar letters in these figures indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to a machine of that class which serves to insert and secure clasps or spangles inv hoop-skirts, said spangles being used to secure the wires or hoops to the supporting tapes. Y

A represents a bed, made of cast iron or any other suitable material. From this bed rises a standard,', which it cast solid with the same, or otherwise rigidly attached to it, and the upper edge of this standard sup ports the spoutvC, through which the spangles pass down to the spangle-guide D, the bottom of said spout being inclined, so that the spangles slide down over it by their inherent gravity, and in passing down over this inclined bottom the spangles arrange themselves so that their points are turned up and the heads or heaviest parts down'. In this position they slide into the spangle-guide D, which is provided with a groove, a, just wide enough to admit the spangles one behind the other, the mouth of the groove a being closed` by a spring-latch, Z, which prevents the spangles from leaving the spangle-guide spontaneously. From the spangle-guide one spangle after the otheriis transferred to the spangle-carrier E, which is secured te the bed A by means of a pivot, c, on which it swings up and down through an are of ninety degrees, or nearly so. The facevof said spangle-carrier is provided with a groove, d, (sec iig. 3,) which terminates at a rigid abutment, e, and which is just wide enough to pass over the spring-lateh b at the mouth of the spangle-guide. In moving the spangle-carrierup in the. direction ofthe arrow marked on it in iig. 1 until the abutment e at the end of the groove d strikes the spring= latch b, said spring-latch is opened, and at the same time two lips, f, iig. 2, projecting from the spangle-guide, press againstl a slotted spring-recciver, g, which is secured to the spangle-carricr, as seen particularly in Hg.

2, and by forcing said spring-receiver back a spangle is admitted, the slot in said receiver being just deepV enough to admit one spangle at a time, and not more. As soon as one of the spangles has been admitted to the spangle-carrier the motion of the same is reversed, and as the same turns down to the position shown in red 0ut lines in fig. 1, the spangle held therein is reversed, or brought in the proper position to allow its points to penesi trate the tape or other fabric placed on the anvil i. Thisanvil is provided with a semieircular groove, @so that the peints of the spangles are free to penetrate the tape or other fabric, and they are finally clinched by the action of the hammer ISL This hammer is pivoted to the standard B, and it connects by a pitman, j, with the spangle-carrier E, as clearly shown in fig. 1, so that by imparting to the lhammer an oscillating motion the required motion is given to the spangle-carrier. The connection between the hammer and spangle-carrier is so regulated, however, that the spangle-carrier moves down towards the anvil just far enough to bring the points of the spangles over the spot where the same are to be secured, without allowing them to penetrate the'tape or other fabric, and when the hammer comes down and strikes the spangle-earricr the springreceivcr is drawn back, the spangle held by it is released, driven into the tape, andY clinched. The operation'of releasing thcv spang'le from the spring-receiverg is effected by connecting the same to a rod, 7c, which slides back and forth in suitable g'fuides, Z, secured to the spanglc-carrier, and which is subjected to the action of a spring, m', which has a tendency to close the spring-receiver, or to keep it in the position in which it is shown'in iig. 1 in black outd lines. The rod 7c connects with a jointed bell-erank lever, m, the fulcrnm of' which is on a pivot, o, and when the spangle-carrier reaches its lowest position the short arm of the bell-crank lever m comes in `contact with a stop, r, and the spring-receiver is drawn back, as shown in red outlinesin tig, I.

The principal advantage Yof this machine over those n ow in use is the manner of reversing the spangles as the same are. taken from the spangle-guide and brought down to the anvil. IfIeretofore the spangle-guide has been so formed that the spanglcs are reversed while passing through the guide, and. in order to effect this puri pose a long and curved guide is necessary, which causes many interruptions in the` correct operation of thev machine. In my machine the operation 0f reversing the 'spangles is effected entirely by the motion of the spangle-carrier, and they are iinally driven into the fabric and clinched by the action of the hammer, as previously described.

I disclaim everythingclaimed in the patents of B. A. Mann, December 24, 1861, and Joseph Baird, December 9, 1862; but what I do claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

41.- 'Reversing the spangles by the action of the spangle-carrier, substantially as shown.

2. The slotted spring-receiver g, in combination with the swinging spangle-carrier E, constructed and operating substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. The lips f on' the spangle-guide D, in combination with the slotted spring-receiver g and oscillating spangle-carrier E, constructed and operating substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. The bell-crank lever m and stop n, in combination with the spring-receiver g, oscillating spangle-carrier E, and hammer H,'constructe,d and operating substantially as and for the purpose described.

The above specification of my invention signed by meV this twenty-fifth day of June, 1866.

' A. KOMP.

Witnesses:

FIELELI MALLERs,

WASHINGTON HILLS, Jr. 

